Minor League Games - Wednesday, July 26, 2017

kikutaro 2017-07-26 04:34:23 UTC #1

Gwinnett Braves (50-52) @ Lehigh Valley IronPigs (64-40) 7:05 pm | Gameday
Kris Medlen (1-2, 5.15) vs. Mark Leiter (1-1, 4.88)

Notable

Scott Kingery 1-3, 2 R, K
J.P. Crawford 1-3, 2 R, 4 RBI, HR, BB, K
Rhys Hoskins 2-4, R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR
Dylan Cozens 1-3, BB, K, SB
Andrew Pullin 1-3, R, 2B

Mark Leiter (W, 2-1), 6.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 4K, game score: 65
Jesen Therrien 2.0 IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 2K

Altoona Curve (53-48) @ Reading Fightin Phils (54-47) 12:05 pm | Gameday
Tanner Anderson (7-8, 4.08) vs. Jose Taveras (0-0, 5.06)

Notable

Zachary Coppola 1-5, K, SB
Carlos Tocci 1-3, R, 2 K
Kyle Martin 1-3, R, BB, K
Jiandido Tromp 1-4, RBI, 2B, 2 K
Nick Rickles 1-4, 2B
Jorge Flores 0-4, 2 K
Jose Taveras 0-2, 2 K
Drew Stankiewicz 1-1, RBI, 2B, BB

Jose Taveras (L, 0-1), 6.0 IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 9K, game score: 63

Daytona Tortugas (39-59) @ Clearwater Threshers (53-49) 12:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. Edgar Garcia (2-4, 4.25)

Notable

Cornelius Randolph 2-4, 2 R, RBI, 2B, HR
Wilson Garcia 1-4, 2 RBI, 2B
Zach Green 0-4, 3 K
Jan Hernandez 1-3, 2 K

Edgar Garcia (W, 3-4), 6.2 IP, 5H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 5K, game score: 73
Jeff Singer (S, 19), 2.1 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 1BB, 4K

Lakewood BlueClaws - Off

Williamsport Crosscutters - Off

GCL Phillies (15-10) @ GCL Tigers West (12-12) 12:00 pm | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Jonathan Guzman 3-5, 2 R, RBI, HR, K, SB
Rafael Marchan 1-3, R, BB
D.J. Stewart 0-1, R, RBI, SB
Yahir Gurrola 3-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2B, K, SB
Brayan Gonzalez 1-4, RBI, SB
Danny Mayer 2-5, R, 4 RBI, HR, 3 K
Gunnar Buhner 0-5, 3 K

Francisco Morales 3.0 IP, 5H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 2K, game score: 35
Justin Miller 2.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
Ben Brown 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 2K
Rafael Carvajal (W, 2-1), 3.0 IP, 5H, 1R, 0ER, 1BB, 0K

DSL Mets2 (31-14) @ DSL Phillies White (27-17) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Raymond Mora 2-3, K
Alexito Feliz 1-2, R, 3B, BB
Nicolas Torres 0-3, 2 K
Ronaldo Gonzalez 0-2, 2 K

Leonel Aponte (L, 3-1), 6.0 IP, 3H, 2R, 0ER, 1BB, 5K, game score: 67

DSL Phillies White (28-16) @ DSL Mets2 (30-15) 3:33 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Julio Francisco 2-4, R, 2 RBI, 3B, CS
Raymond Mora 1-3, R, BB, K
Carlos Oropeza 2-4, RBI
Yerwin Trejo 1-3, R, RBI, BB, K, SB
Jose Tortolero 2-3, R, RBI, 2 2B, K, SB
Nicolas Torres 1-3, 2 R, 3B
Freddy Barreto 0-3, 3 K

Carlos Francisco (W, 1-3), 5.0 IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 8K, game score: 65
Wilberson Liendo 2.0 IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 6K

DSL Phillies Red (21-24) @ DSL Yankees (18-27) 10:30 am | Gameday
N/A vs. N/A

Notable

Edgar Made 0-3, R, BB, 2 K
Maximo De La Rosa 0-4, 3 K
Enny Rondon 1-3, R, BB, K
Jevi Hernandez 1-3, BB, 2 K
Frailin Serra 2-4, SB
Luiggi Mujica 1-3, BB, K

Ludovico Coveri (W, 4-2), 5.0 IP, 3H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 6K, game score: 66
Junior Tejada (H, 2), 2.0 IP, 1H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K
Roimy Mendoza (H, 2), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
Abdallah Aris (S, 8), 1.0 IP, 0H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K

(click on the start time for box scores)

Squire 2017-07-26 17:34:20 UTC #2

Jonathan Guzman with 2 hits including a HR for GCL Phillies today. Muzziotti, Holmes and Pelletier got the day off.

Edit: Guzman now 3-4

andyb 2017-07-26 17:41:08 UTC #3

The competition for our next best SS prospect after Crawford is interesting. Guzman is probably neck and neck with Gamboa at the moment. Gamboa was pushed a little more than Guzman but I could easily see Guzman jumping ahead to Lakewood next year. They both have likely surpassed Canelo at this point with the new guy (Luis Garcia) being an unknown quantity at the moment. Maton might end up more of a 2B and right now neither Valerio nor Tortolero has done enough to be considered a top prospect.

Squire 2017-07-26 18:13:30 UTC #4

Cornelius Randolph 2-4, HR, Double today.

bigegypt0417 2017-07-26 18:51:20 UTC #5

sanchez...

http://www.baseballamerica.com/minors/sixto-sanchez-shows-massive-potential/?amphtml=1

Patchmk88 2017-07-26 19:08:33 UTC #6

Comparisons to Jose Fernandez and Pedro Martinez - If he's in that category, we have ourselves a future ace.

Patchmk88 2017-07-26 19:12:30 UTC #7

Is there a chance Randolph gets a a few weeks in AA this year? His stats since June are damn impressive.

Austinfan 2017-07-26 20:52:30 UTC #8

Edgar Garcia had a nice start for Clearwater, oh yeah, he's all of 20.
Singer finished, he's made himself into a legitimate prospect following Davis up the system.

Tavares had a nice start for Reading with 9K in 6IP, seems he's not overwhelmed by the jump.

schooldoc 2017-07-26 21:01:00 UTC #9

Randolph is only 20, no need to rock the boat with him. Let him finish strong in high-A. His resurgence has been a very nice story in the 2nd half.

bigegypt0417 2017-07-27 00:23:48 UTC #10

grand slam for jp Crawford..

bkox 2017-07-27 00:34:37 UTC #11

It was an inside the park Salami

phillychuck 2017-07-27 00:36:10 UTC #12

Hoskins with one that actually cleared the fence. He laughs at inside-the-park puny-ness.

My family is at the LV game tonight (I had to stay home to take care of other family...).

bigegypt0417 2017-07-27 00:50:46 UTC #13

inside the parks are harder...he laughs because he needs to cheat!

allentown 2017-07-27 00:56:50 UTC #14

Pitched well when he was able to get ahead in the count, which was most of the time. Had problems when he fell behind, which is how he gave up the HR. He is a little light on FB velocity -- 90-91 T92. When he commands his pitches he can succeed at this level with the pitches he has. Got swinging and called Ks on both FB and off-speed stuff. He was lucky, should have given up more runs, but the third run crossed home safely, but was called out by the umpire for the 3rd out in the 6th inning, when Tavares was clearly running out of steam.

arpax 2017-07-27 01:25:16 UTC #15

arpax 2017-07-27 01:31:05 UTC #16

phillychuck 2017-07-27 02:42:19 UTC #17

Pretty sick trick slide there...acted like he was giving himself up then just sort of slipped under the catcher. Nice.

Video with sound and slo-mo of the slide. Ump got the call right.

bkeich 2017-07-27 03:14:52 UTC #18

That is honestly an error on the catcher, one of the worst jobs of tagging a player I have ever seen, but it is awesome. Crawford proves that if you at least try to get to the plate sometimes you can fool the other guy.

mdougherty12 2017-07-27 07:50:52 UTC #19

Wow, Kris Medlen started for Gwinnett.

Fun with Baseball Reference - the 2013 Braves won 96 games, with Jason Heyward, Justin Upton, Andrelton Simmons, and Freddie Freeman combining for ~ 19 bWAR and all 25 or under. The pitching staff included 27 year old Kris Medlen, 25 year old Craig Kimbrel, 22 year old Julio Tehreran, 25 year old Mike Minor, 22 year old Alex Wood, and 26 year old Brandon Beachy (only 5 games due to injury) plus a few more 20-something relievers.

Despite this collection of young talent, the Braves haven't had a winning season since.

Philsmania 2017-07-27 14:08:09 UTC #20

I didn't realize how young all those Braves still were at that point. Their 2014 season didn't end well (big second half swoon) and GM Frank Wren got canned. At that point, the Braves decided what they had wasn't good enough and that it was necessary to blow things up an rebuild. However, that goes to show that as I and others have been saying, the Braves had a lot more assets to work with and cash into even more assets than we did at that same point. Hence, it shouldn't be surprising that their rebuild went much quicker.